Northview Diary

Now and then I get a little mulish Sometimes I whine about the research that goes into churning out 1000 words a week for the Farm Sid...

Dreamroad Extreme Heather Here's a good story on the history of Osborndale Ivanhoe ,  including  a bit on the lethal recessive ...

Om, nom, nom For ellie k. Bama and Moon enjoying the grass Bama Breeze in all her glory

Another day, another Tea Party . No not the political party, although that is another story. Nope, this is the cow tea party. Check...

A song sparrow sitting in the sparkly snow yesterday before the rain Farm Side deadline is Wednesday at noon , or thereabouts. This wee...

The things you see on farm walks...... In the barn til well after nine last night. Sent Liz home early to get some rest. The...

 Pecan with her new baby boy ...photo taken by Liz with her phone. He was sired by a Cal Clark Board Chairman son we had some years ago. ...

Your guard. Received my stipend from the paper this week and opted to spend it on groceries. Thus, after the many storied joys of shoppi...

New cow shaped milk bottles ..... I want one !

Not terribly appetizing is it? You've heard of cupboard love?  Hearabouts we have blue bucket love. Stop at my stall....please,...

Our herd is mostly registered or eligible for registry and we each own our own cows, so we always know who is who. Because I pay the bil...

Within the past few weeks the highly regarded Hoskings herd was dispersed . Well-known among the folks in the industry, they will be mis...

I'm not sure how many sixty-year old women could withstand a full force, apex of the swing kick from a 1300+ pound cow, without signif...

The last remaining daughter of the best cow I ever bred , Frieland LV Dixie. Dixie was grand champion Holstein twice at Altamont and won ...

I have never gone ....odds are I will never get there....but thanks to the wonders of the Internet we crowd around the kitchen table watc...

Foolish Watch out for that tail! "Did you hear what the boss said?"

There is such a feeling of something impending these days , and along with it a sense of endings. I find autumn both stimulating and unc...

This is what happens when you let the boys chalk tail heads You remember her. She stopped in this time last year and left a legacy of d...

Didn't sleep much last night. A long day; the boy off to work out of state again, and fear, so much fear. It might not show much b...

Three milking shorthorns sharing the salt lick. ..Northstar, Rosie and Cinnamon.